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The host of the Academy Awards can go very right or very wrong (ahem, Seth MacFarlane) very quickly, but I feel quite confident in the upcoming Oscars ceremony because the host will be.... Neil Patrick Harris! The actor, who has previously successfully hosted the Emmys and Tonys, has signed on for the Sunday, February 22, ceremony. He made the announcement with this too-cute video: Congrats, NPH! He's the obvious choice for the role for good reason: He's an excellent host. What do you think? read more

Guys, I just got goose bumps: After being engaged for almost a decade, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka were married in Italy on Saturday. Here's a wedding picture: Guess what? @DavidBurtka and I got married over the weekend. In Italy. Yup, we put the 'n' and 'd' in 'husband'. pic.twitter.com/R09ibF41rt— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) September 8, 2014 Both grooms wore custom Tom Ford tuxedos {chic for weeks—I die } when they swapped vows “surrounded by their close friends and family,” NPH’s rep told People. Pam Fryman, the longtime director of How I Met Your Mother, officiated. Of course, the couple’s twins, Harper Grace and Gideon Scott, took place in the ceremony. And Sir Elton John performed. (Again, of course.) Thoughts on Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka’s wedding news? Major congrats, kids read more

His isn’t a career anyone could have planned. This year alone, Neil Patrick Harris won a Tony Award for his role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, filmed the highly anticipated movie Gone Girl with director David Fincher, and wrote his soon-to-be-released memoir, Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography. In Glamour’s September issue, Harris shares his secrets of work, love, and living by your own rules. Be with the person you’re attracted to. In high school all my friends were sleeping with girls, and it just seemed like that’s what one did. So therefore that’s what I did, but it left me feeling unsettled, as if I had somehow done it wrong. That’s not a good feeling. But now I think it’s easier to avoid that fate. Today, it’s cool to see a happy lesbian couple who are high school juniors. Better that than have those two girls marry people they’re not attracted to, have three kids, and then come out when they’re 50. If you want relationships to last, live by “for better or worse.” Honeymoon phases end. They just do. We’re animals, and animals aren’t inclined to copulate with just each other for the rest of their read more

First off, let's get right to the question on everyone's mind: Is How I Met Your Mother's mother (played by Cristin Milioti) going to survive the series finale? At the Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest on Saturday night, co-creator and executive producer Carter Bays would only say that "we're wildly excited about the finale, and obviously we can't say anything." Added co-creator and executive producer Craig Thomas: "It's beautiful, it's surprising, and it's weird. And thank you guys for going with it!" Read into that what you will, but I'm still not convinced that the Mother actually dies. I mean, I just can't believe they'd honestly go there. However, Bays did get one awesome line in: "We got away with waiting nine f**king years to meet the mother, and you all still watched it!" But back to the current world, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders, Josh Radnor, and Cristin Milioti reunited at the Dolby Theatre to an obsessed audience of HIMYM fans. Neil Patrick Harris, knowing how much this show means to the fans, Skyped in from his place in New York City. He's rehearsing for Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway and stunned the audience not only with his read more

Having twins is one of those things that seems like an all-around win to me--getting to pick TWO baby names? Coordinating hats??--because in this hypothetical situation, I don't have to deal with double the crying. read more

LA—you might get the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Emmys, but the Tonys are NYC’s baby. With the legend wait for it dary Neil Patrick Harris hosting and major celebs like Andrew Garfield, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Cynthia Nixon in the running for awards, the Tonys were a must-see this year, as far as I’m concerned (our photo editor Brian Marcus agrees— he got a sneak peek!). Read on to find out what our favorite and not-so-favorite moments were from Broadway’s big night. read more

Barney Stinson, the devious chick magnet played by Neil Patrick Harris on How I Met Your Mother, wrote The Playbook, an entire tome of pickup tips—for guys. Glamour asked him to devise some plays you can use. You’ll LOL at his suggestions. read more

So Kate Upton, for anyone who hasn't passed a newsstand lately--and for anyone whose boyfriend is pretending not to know who she is--is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl and possible girlfriend of NFL star Mark Sanchez. And she's had quite a month. read more

Awards season officially kicked off last night with the People’s Choice Awards, and although the winners knew ahead of time, there was no shortage of star power at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown LA. I was on the red carpet and in the press room to get all the inside scoop! read more